[USA]Obama Mother’s Day Presidential Proclamation Includes Transgender Moms
Barrack Obama once again broke new ground today by issuing our country’s first trans-inclusive mother’s day Presidential Proclamation. Talk about evolving. The word ‘transgender’ had never been said or eluded to by any president until Obama said it in the 2016 State of Union address. During that address prior to the Supreme Court ruling he noted how marriage equality had become a “wedge issue”.

[USA]Target Stores Terrorised By Christian Preachers
Videos have started to appear on line of 'Christian' street preachers who are entering Target stores around America to harass staff and customers by protesting the company's LGBT+ inclusively and their stance on transgender people being allowed to use the facilities that match with their gender identity.

[USA] A Remarkable Life: One 95-Year-Old Shares Her Hope For Fellow Trans People
Robina Asti is exhausted, but you wouldn't know it as she opens the door to the Upper East Side apartment she's called home since 1965. She's dressed in a green top and tan slacks, her white hair is swept up in barrettes, and two turquoise earrings dangle from her ears — the first pair her late husband, Norwood, ever bought her.

[USA] Trump foes plan to push conservative views at GOP convention
A top adviser from Sen. Ted Cruz's defunct presidential campaign wants supporters to push a conservative agenda, including limits on the bathrooms transgender people can use, a fresh example of the headaches Donald Trump could face at this summer's Republican National Convention.

[USA] Understanding what it means to be transgender
Research with MRI scans suggests biological basis for gender differences
Hormones, other factors during pregnancy can affect gender identity
Not all babies are born with chromosomes that match genitalia

[NY, USA] Assembly passes GENDA bill
This has come up repeatedly during the past few years, but once again the Democratic-controlled Assembly by a 81-46-vote margin has passed a gender non-discrimination bill.

[SC, USA] Berkeley County School Board to get advice on transgender issue
A day after North Carolina filed a federal lawsuit arguing for a state law that requires transgender people to use the public restroom matching the sex on their birth certificate, Berkeley County School Board is set to hear legal advice on the issue.

[TX, USA] Paxton offers his 2 cents on N.C. bathroom bill
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton — that shining beacon of integrity and knowledge of the law who last year told Texas county clerks they did not have to abide by the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on marriage equality and who last month was sued for securities fraud in civil court by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (he is already facing state criminal fraud charges — today issued a statement in support of North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory.

[WA, USA] Washington State Ballot Initiative Restricting Restroom Access Would Put $4.5 Billion in Federal Funding At Risk
A ballot initiative in Washington, Initiative Measure 1515, would require public schools to restrict access to restrooms and other shared facilities based on biological sex, and may require similar restrictions in all state and local government buildings. The initiative would put at risk up to $1 billion annually in federal funding to schools, and may put at risk an additional $3.5 billion annually in funding to state and local government entities, according to a new analysis conducted by the Williams Institute.